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  • past tense form of whet.
  • past participle of whet.

whetted







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Such austerity only whetted my childhood fondness for concoctions that now make me wince: grape soda, root beer, orange Fanta, even a hideous insipid confection known as cream soda.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

The report added that Lukoil's foreign assets had also whetted the appetite of US investment company Carlyle and Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund IHC.

From Barron's ● Jan. 7, 2026

Phil McNulty: Having had the appetite whetted at Euro 2024, I’m going for Barcelona’s 17-year-old genius Lamine Yamal.

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2024

Its appetite whetted, DraftKings moved to incorporate NFTs into its fantasy sports contest business by securing exclusive rights to all NFL players’ names, images and likenesses — together known as NIL rights.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2024

The resounding success of the Curagao experiment whetted the appetites of Florida livestock raisers for a similar feat that would relieve them of the scourge of screw-worms.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson




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